Located on the south bank of the Amano River, near Higashi-mitsuke in Hirakata-juku (a former relay town on the Tokaido Road) this building was used successively by the village headman, a wholesale agent, and in the Edo period, by a soy sauce shop. The main building, which dates from the late Edo period (1603-1868), has a facade length of 8ken (about 14m) and a beam span of 6 ken (about 11m), and occupies the entire length of the site facing west towards the Tokaido. It is a two-storey wooden building with a gable roof and ridge tiles. The walls and rafters are plastered with white plaster, and the ground floor walls are shingled. The traditional appearance is well preserved by the presence of a massive entrance door, a traditional folding stall, windows and lattice shutters. The main building, the annex and the tool wharehouse are registered as tangible cultural property of Japan. It is a rare large-scale machiya that remains in Hirakata-juku and the buildings as a whole form the backdrop to the old Kyoto Road.